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Slide Scanning
About thirty-five to forty years ago, 35mm slides were quite popular. Families documented their vacations and special occasions with series of slides, businesses used slide shows for important presentations, and students learned about faraway places and science from slide shows. Each slide was placed, in order and in the correct orientation, into the slide carousel, and the show began.
Image technology has come a long way since the 60’s and 70’s. PowerPoint presentations, digital cameras, and photographs on CD’s and DVD’s are used for displaying pictures and presentations. Many people have boxes and cases full of old 35mm slides that sit gathering dust because viewing the slides is too cumbersome or the slide projector is broken. Fortunately, slides can now be converted to a digital format onto CD’s and DVD’s for easy storage and viewing with slide scanning.
You can use a flatbed scanner or a film scanner to scan your slides. Film scanners can range in price from $300 to over $1,000, but they produce a higher quality reproduction. Some of the scanner features you need to consider before making a purchase are resolution, DPI, PPI, dynamic range, and bit depth.
The resolution of a scanned image is the measurement of how sharp, or clear, the scanned image is. The DPI, or dots per inch, is the measurement of the number of image dots a printer is capable of printing into 2.54cm (one linear inch) of space. A higher DPI typically results in a higher resolution. Pixel, a combination of the words "picture" and "element," is a term that refers to the smallest unit of an image. This is typically a color dot. The number of pixels a scanner supports (megapixels) and the size of the image produced determine the PPI, or pixels per inch. As the size of an image increases, the PPI decreases. Scanners with higher megapixels produce images with higher resolution. Dynamic range refers to the capability of distinguishing levels of brightness in an image. A low dynamic range results in a blurry, undefined image, and a high dynamic range produces a sharp, crisp image. Bit depth, or color depth, is the measurement of how many bits, or single units of information, are used to create each pixel in a digital image. Higher bit depths result in brighter and deeper image colors.
There are some drawbacks to do-it-yourself slide scanning. As mentioned previously, the cost of a quality scanner may be prohibitive. You may also end up with a scanner that is difficult to operate or does not perform as you expected. Common problems of scanning slides at home or at your business are damage from fingerprints, choosing the appropriate settings on the scanner, and difficulty producing pictures without scratches and other unsightly marks. Slide scanning can also be a very time-consuming.
For an easier approach to scanning slides, try a professional photography business that offers this service. Professional slide scanning services use top of the line scanners, and the scanned images are clear and blemish-free. You won’t need to bother with purchasing special equipment to scan your slides, and reputable scanning services guarantee their work. Your slide scanning project will be completed in no time!
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ION / USB Picture, Slide and Film Scanner / PICS2SD $149.16 ION - USB Picture, Slide and Film Scanner - PICS2SD |
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Film Negative and Slide Scanner. $59.99 The truly ingenious slide scanner can, at the touch of a button, scan 35mm negatives or slides and convert the images into digital pictures. You can then edit, crop and resize them using the included software ready for viewing, printing or uploading to social network sites.1-touch scanning.Instant preview.High speed scanning.USB connectivity.Includes 35mm negative holder, slide holder, software, drivers. |
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VuPoint Solutions ACSFSC1VP 35mm Negative and Slide Trays For Digital Film and Slide Converters $28.08 These VuPoint 35mm Negative Slide Trays for All VuPoint Digital Film Slide Converters are compatible with all VuPoint digital film slide converters. The included negative tray will hold a strip of 6 negatives while the slide tray will hold 3 mounted slides. |
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Ion Audio FILM 2 SD Slide Scanner $96.99 1 GB 35mm Film Auto-exposure and color balance Mirror, flip, and rotate controls Fast, one-touch scanning takes just one to two seconds Works with all SD and micro SD cards, SDHC cards up to 8GB FILM 2 SD Slide Scanner Negative Holder Slide Holder USB Cable Power Adapter Cleaning Brush 1GB SD Card Rediscover your long lost 35mm slides and film negatives with FILM 2 SD. This high quality 5MP scanner transfers your images directly onto an SD card so you can enjoy your old pictures with the latest technology. Thanks to FILM 2 SD's large, full-color LCD screen, you don't even need a computer to make it work. FILM 2 SD Slide Scanner FILM2SD Film Scanner Ion Audio Ion Audio, LLC Mac PC Secure Digital (SD) Card Yes www.ion-audio.com |
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Klarstein Photosave Slide Film Photo Scanner 5MP 3600 DPI $50.9 The Klarstein Photosave is a user-friendly slide and photo scanner that allows you digitalise your collection of slides and 35mm film in high quality. Simply place the material in one of the two racks provided and get started with the push of a button. The Klarstein photo scanner takes care of all lighting and colour management to get the best possible results. The 5 megapixel (true 1800 dpi) resolution provides excellent picture quality and can be enhanced with the help of the software supplied. The Klarstein Photosave slide scanner is compatible with Windows XP and higher. |
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slide:ology $27.99 No matter where you are on the organizational ladder, the odds are high that you've delivered a high-stakes presentation to your peers, your boss, your customers, or the general public. Presentation software is one of the few tools that requires professionals to think visually on an almost daily basis. But unlike verbal skills, effective visual expression is not easy, natural, or actively taught in schools or business training programs. slide:ology fills that void. Written by Nancy Duarte, President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth , this book is full of practical approaches to visual story development that can be applied by anyone. The book combines conceptual thinking and inspirational design, with insightful case studies from the world's leading brands. With slide:ology you'll learn to: Connect with specific audiences Turn ideas into informative graphics Use sketching and diagramming techniques effectively Create graphics that enable audiences to process information easily Develop truly influential presentations Utilize presentation technology to your advantage Millions of presentations and billions of slides have been produced -- and most of them miss the mark. slide:ology will challenge your traditional approach to creating slides by teaching you how to be a visual thinker. And it will help your career by creating momentum for your cause. |
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Film Scanner $81.25 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles A film scanner is a device made for scanning photographic film directly into a computer without the use of any intermediate printmaking. They provide several benefits over using a flatbed scanner to scan in a print of any size the photographer has direct control over cropping and aspect ratio from the original unmolested image on film, and many film scanners come with specialized software or hardware designed to remove scratches, film grain, and improve color reproduction from negatives. Film scanners can accept either strips of 35 mm or 120 film, or individual slides. Lowend scanners typically only take 35mm film strips, while medium and highend film scanners often have interchangeable film loaders. This allows the one scanning platform to be used for different sizes and packaging. For example, some allow microscope slides to be loaded for scanning, while mechanised slide loaders allow many individual slides to be batch scanned unattended. Author: Miller, Frederic P./ Vandome, Agnes F./ McBrewster, John Binding Type: Paperback Number of Pages: 104 Publication Date: 2010/07/29 Language: English Dimensions: 5.98 x 9.01 x 0.24 inches |
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Negative & Slide Scanner (Black) $69.43 - Innovative technologies 35mm negative and slide scanner- Convert 35mm film negatives and slides to JPEG- 5 Megapixel image sensor- USB cable and PC editing softwareITNS300 |
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SVP Digital Film 35mm Black Negative and Slide Scanner $138.39 Convert your 35mm color and monochrome negatives and mounted slides to digital at the touch of a button with this digital scanner from SVP. This scanner creates a digital image of your slide and minimizes loss of resolution. 5MP CMOS sensor 10 bits per color channel for data conversionFixed focus, automatic exposure control and color balanceSharp, high resolution images up to 3,600 dpiThree white LED back light sourcePowered from USB port (requires USB 2.0)Operating System: Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 Includes Arcsoft Photo Impression 6 software for enhancing image qualityPackage Includes FS-1200 Digital Film and Slide Scanner USB cable 35mm negative film holder Positive slide holder Cleaning brush Installation and Application CD User's manual |
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Digiscan 2-in-1 Digital Slide/Photo/Film Scanner 1800dpi $124.9 The DNT Digiscan TV 2in1 allows even the technically uninclined to digitise slides and 35-mm film very quickly and with great results. There is no need for an intermediate PC as the images are stored directly on an SD card. Simply place the material into one of the four magazines supplied and then start scanning at the touch of a button. The scanner automatically selects the ideal exposure and colour settings for excellent results. The resolution of five megapixels (true 1800 dpi) translates into extremely sharp images that can be further refined with ease using the included software. Unlike most competing products, DNT Digiscan TV 2in1 has a built-in TV output, allowing users to display images on a TV set, projector, etc. in addition to viewing them via the integrated screen. The device comes with no less than 4 slide magazines and thus makes professional digitising of a broad range of slide and negative film formats a snap. Please note that the device cannot be directly connected to MAC computers. However, thanks to standalone operation and SD memory, the scanner can also be readily used by MAC users. |


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